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esplanade91

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My job primarily is facilitating the partnership with our company and Airbnb so I've heard some inside statistics over on their side of the fence... And I remembered a thread a while back where almost everyone (including myself) was bitching about the hotels in Starkville 1. Not being available 2. Being overpriced 3. Requiring a 2 night minimum and usually a multiple game minimum, so I checked and there are quite a few airbnb listings in Starkville and they're even listed as game day rentals.

I guess my reason for posting this is to let some of y'all know that and find out which ones of you are the ones renting out your condos.

Their marketing campaigns are based almost exclusively in large cities so I would imagine some of you were unaware of them to begin with. I was until I got this job.

ETA: I gain nothing from this post. To be clear, I don't work for Airbnb... Just deal with airbnbnyc.com and a small segment in SF and LA.
 
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I have used Airbnb all over the world never had a bad experiance but recently

esplanade91 said:
https://www.airbnb.com/about/about-us

40-45% of people who went to the World Cup booked their accomodations through airbnb. It's a lot bigger outside the country than it is in the US... So admittedly I was shocked how many listings were in Starkville. Wanted to pass it on to y'all.
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there was a lawsuit against the company and many countries trying to get it banned. There is a least 1 place in Starkville that was listed a few months ago. If you are going to anywhere in South America you cant beat the price. i recently rented a 5 Bedroom Mansion in the Dominican with a swimming pool for 300 a week.
 
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esplanade91

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There were at least 5 the other day when I checked.

As far as the lawsuit, the company and now the idea is not going away, so we'll see.

It's probably similar to the California lawsuit against Uber that eventually turned into California adopting new laws involving Uber.
 
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johnson86-1

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esplanade91 said:
My job primarily is facilitating the partnership with our company and Airbnb so I've heard some inside statistics over on their side of the fence... And I remembered a thread a while back where almost everyone (including myself) was bitching about the hotels in Starkville 1. Not being available 2. Being overpriced 3. Requiring a 2 night minimum and usually a multiple game minimum, so I checked and there are quite a few airbnb listings in Starkville and they're even listed as game day rentals.

I guess my reason for posting this is to let some of y'all know that and find out which ones of you are the ones renting out your condos.

Their marketing campaigns are based almost exclusively in large cities so I would imagine some of you were unaware of them to begin with. I was until I got this job.

ETA: I gain nothing from this post. To be clear, I don't work for Airbnb... Just deal with airbnbnyc.com and a small segment in SF and LA.
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If AirBnB had been around when I was in school (and we hadn't sucked at football), I would have rented out my place everyweekend and just crashed on a floor somewhere. Not sure what the going rate would be in Starkville, but I would assume you could rent out a place like academy village for $100 per night per room if not more, so a 3/2 over seven home games would get you around $700 a room mate. That would have gone a long way at my college lifestyle.
 
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57stratdawg said:
What's Airbnb?
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Its VRBO for hipsters.



...not really, but it still pretty much sums up the company's userbase and approach.
Apartments and residences can be rented out. A bunch of large cities are looking into passing laws that effectively shut down airbnb's business structure. Concern for safety is the reason given. In reality, its a mix of concern for safety and a mix of large corporate hotel chains being pissed they are losing out on business.
 
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johnson86-1 said:
If AirBnB had been around when I was in school (and we hadn't sucked at football), I would have rented out my place everyweekend and just crashed on a floor somewhere. Not sure what the going rate would be in Starkville, but I would assume you could rent out a place like academy village for $100 per night per room if not more, so a 3/2 over seven home games would get you around $700 a room mate. That would have gone a long way at my college lifestyle.
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That's what I'm getting at. If enough people start doing it, I can actually start flying out for football games after this season, when I have no one I can stay with.

A girl in Chelsea, probably one of the most overpriced neighborhoods in Manhattan, who had a 2 bedroom apartment to herself and just constantly rented the 2nd bedroom made $180,000 last year.

Do you know how many friends I had my senior year in the Cotton District who lived with their girlfriends or the other way around and were never home? That would have been easy money. For just a little bit of extra $$$ on top of what you already pay for walking distance parking you could also get a room, bed, and kitchen.
 
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Miss.Stake

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Check out the prices in Oxford on VRBO and airbinb on gameday weekends on houses/condos around the square. $$$$$
 
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msu4ever

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Have some friends in Oxford who rent out their house, which was built with this in mind, for game and special events.....claim they earn enough to pay for the house payment.....rented it out to a news crew during the VP Debate for a good chuck. We are wanting to start renting out our house in Starkvlle.
 
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With my luck I would end up with a hooker renting my place.

Hookers are using the controversial Airbnb home-sharing Web site to turn prime Manhattan apartments into temporary brothels, The Post has learned.

The prostitute, a buxom brunette who charges up to $500 an hour, said her escort service generally rents an Airbnb apartment in the Financial District or Midtown West for up to a week at a time — then cycles numerous hookers through the place for trysts around-the-clock.

But when a hooker got slashed by a client in the West 43rd Street apartment over the price of his “massage,” Penzari got a call from cops.
When she returned, Penzari was shocked to find telltale remnants including baby wipes and “at least 10 condoms.”

http://nypost.com/2014/04/14/hookers-using-airbnb-to-use-apartments-for-sex-sessions/
 
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No doubt Starkville will become a hot bed for prostitution.** But if it ever does, I'm moving back.
 
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johnson86-1

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mstateglfr said:
A bunch of large cities are looking into passing laws that effectively shut down airbnb's business structure. Concern for safety is the reason given. In reality, its a mix of concern for safety and a mix of large corporate hotel chains being pissed they are losing out on business.
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There's not really a concern for safety, it is mostly cities worried about not getting their cut because air b&b properties usually don't pay hotel taxes and then corporate hotels trying to protect their market. Although city leaders are not generally concerned about them, there are also other tenants who are rightfully upset that an apartment next door that shares common space has turned into a hotel (meaning they no longer ahev an idea of who the people are with access to the inside of their building) and also landlords, who are exposed to liability they can't control because their tenants are violating the no sublease clause or even worse, are stuck renting out an apartment at rent control prices while the tenant is making bank charging premium prices on air b&b.
 
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Where does the liability rest for things like destruction of property or theft, for those renting their properties? And, how I wonder how home owners and renters insurance factors the use of property in to claims?
 
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That's the effect cold beer available in stores has on a town. Certainly can't say you weren't warned about this.
 
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esplanade91

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PiedmontDawg said:
Where does the liability rest for things like destruction of property or theft, for those renting their properties? And, how I wonder how home owners and renters insurance factors the use of property in to claims?
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Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty certain Airbnb provides a metric 17 ton of insurance to renters.
 
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